Ceiling collapse injures 5

Updated 9:00 pm, Friday, March 15, 2013

FARMINGTON -- Officials at the University of Connecticut Health Center said all five construction workers injured in a ceiling collapse during a renovation project have been released from the hospital.

Health Center officials said the workers were renovating a research laboratory building Thursday afternoon when ceiling tiles fell on them. They were brought to the emergency room at John Dempsey Hospital at the Health Center.

Health Center spokeswoman Carolyn Pennington said the damage was limited to a single room and the accident did not affect patients or staff. She called the incident a construction accident.

The workers' names haven't been released. The last of the five workers left the hospital Thursday night.